Obama’s silence on human rights and his continuing outreach to authoritarian regimes has yielded only discouraging results.  more

Next week, European Union foreign ministers will discuss a draft that calls for a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. By recognizing these Palestinian claims – including to lands on which Israeli settlements stand – the EU is giving Palestinian terrorist groups reason to return to violence.  more

One of the best arguments against then-presidential candidate Barack Obama was that he was just a celebrity without many accomplishments. The same criticism can be applied today to Sarah Palin.  more

On Monday, Jordanian King Abdullah II referred to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as “the most serious threat to the stability of the region and the Mediterranean.” Abdullah’s statement is the latest sign that recent Palestinian threats to resume suicide terrorism and launch a third Intifada are not idle chatter.  more

Dr. Hala Mustafa, editor-in-chief of the journal al-Demoqratiya, recently hosted Israeli Ambassador Shalom Cohen in Cairo. Shortly thereafter, the Journalists’ Syndicate – the foremost professional organization of Cairo’s media elite – opened deliberations to discipline her for violating its ban on dealing with Israelis.  more

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) outrageously declared from the House floor that, “Republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick.” He is only the latest obscure politician to garner national attention for an intemperate remark. Grayson has recognized that in the Age of Hypermedia there are incentives for crude political behavior.  more

On Tuesday, President Obama will hold trilateral talks with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Abbas at the annual U.N. summit in New York. Few expect a peace process breakthrough. Since taking office, Obama has managed to both alienate the Israeli people and see Arab leaders ignore his calls for friendly gestures towards Israel.  more

The key principle for Republicans on healthcare should be keeping costs low through a competitive private healthcare insurance market.  more

During her Senate confirmation hearings yesterday, Judge Sonia Sotomayor invented an entirely new justification for affirmative action.  more

During an interview, President Obama stated that recent events in Iran – which include a rigged election and violent, deadly crackdown against the pro-democratic demonstrations that followed – hadn’t affected his willingness to engage the mullahs.  more

As Iranian demonstrators continue their protest against the rigged June 12th presidential elections, the Arabic press – much of which is state-controlled – has found itself in a quandary.
On one hand, the ubiquity of satellite television, Facebook, Twitter, and blogs – all of which have been influential in informing Arab publics about the events in   more

As the demonstrations against Friday’s rigged elections rage in Tehran, Mir-Hossein Mousavi – who finished second to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with 33% of the vote – has arisen as the symbol of Iran’s insurgent pro-democratic movement. But Mousavi hardly deserves this recognition. Indeed, far from being a liberal “reformist,” Mousavi owes his rise within Iranian politics to   more